By: Zedler H.B. No. 3026
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to appointment of board members and approval for
employment for five highest-paid employees at open-enrollment
charter schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 11.061(b), Education Code, is amended as
follows: A person may not be elected trustee of an independent
school district and a person may not be appointed to the board of an
open-enrollment charter school or charter school foundation unless
the person is a qualified voter.
SECTION 2. Sec. 12.1059, Education Code, is amended as
follows: A person may not be employed by or serve as a teacher,
librarian, educational aide, administrator, or counselor for an
open-enrollment charter school unless the person has been approved
by the agency following a review of the person's national criminal
history record information as provided by Section 22.0832.
Further, the five highest-paid administrators shall be qualified
voters.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2013.